I have heard of inconsistencies with slow-down, but also quite a few successes. I hear Amazon is improving it consistently though. I would look at it this wa

I have heard of inconsistencies with slow-down, but also quite a few successes. I hear Amazon is improving it consistently though. I would look at it this way: If you do not have time to manage it, then either the DB or other aspects will suffer - It is likely that SimpleDB will better this.